Results 2,181-2,200 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Lieutenant Colonel Concannon wrote to the GP of the individual in question and assured him that when the review came up that it would not impose any further stress on the said soldier. What a joke. This line beggars belief. The man in question continues to fight cancer-----
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: -----and despite the personal assurances of the Minister of State to the individual’s wife on behalf of the Government. He also gave me the same commitment. Now they have been cast aside.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Is this what the soldiers of the 44th Infantry Group who returned from the Golan Heights today have to look forward from the Government?
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Will they be cast aside just because they are ill after 37 years’ service? Is the Government proud of this?
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: And rightly so because the Minister of State abused 37 years of service, as did the Senator's Government.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The family in question has an entitlement. No doubt their names will come out in due course. The Taoiseach and the Minister of State know the people in question. Does the Minister of State know this lady? Does he know her commitment to the military?
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Her first husband was killed in the Lebanon? Do you know that?
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: This is the treatment we stand over. After 37 years of service and despite the Minister of State’s commitment, this man is thrown to the wolves. He is told the best of luck with his illness but we do not want him.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Is this some sort of cynical cost-saving measure? Did the Minister actually try to make the matter worse?
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: It deserves to be suspended for such an abuse by the Government of people who give their lives for the State. The Minister can throw his eyes up to heaven all he likes.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: The Minister can throw his eyes up to heaven all he likes because that is all he is good for.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Well that is rich coming from the Minister of State. He should ask the woman to whom he and Mr. O'Doherty in his office gave the commitment. He is a disgrace to the military.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: He should resign if that is the way he treats the military.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: There is no question whatsoever of me withdrawing the word "disgrace". I assure the Chair that it is used only because I cannot think of a stronger word that clearly underlines the treatment of the family of which the Government is well aware.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I am not showing any disrespect to anyone. I have a real respect for our military. This Minister of State has none given what he did to the person who was medically discharged last Monday, despite his personal commitment.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: They are watching on the Internet. The Minister of State can say "Hello" to them. They have been looking for him for months.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: Could the Acting Leader make arrangements for the appropriate Minister who I presume is the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House and answer some questions about Irish Water in particular? On this occasion, I am not talking specifically about the charges although they are areas we all want to discuss as usual. We might ask the Minister for the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I join with others in welcoming our new colleague and wish him every success in his endeavours here in the coming months and years. It is with great dismay that I note the Taoiseach's ongoing contempt for this House continues. We see the budget in its entirety in the hands of the media - the political correspondents in the print and broadcast media. They have been in a position so far...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Coping with Stillbirth Loss: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association (16 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Roche, Ms Murphy and Ms Cregan for sharing their phenomenal stories with us. It is amazing how ignorant we can be, or certainly I am, of things of which we should be aware. I will be proposing, as I am sure the rest of the committee would do, that the day be acknowledged as an official day. What are the costs of running the organisation and from where does Féileacáin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)
Marc MacSharry: I thank the Minister, Dr. Holohan and his team for their presentation. The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, CIDRAP, at the University of Minnesota has just advised the CDC and the World Health Organization, WHO, that the aerosol transmission of small or large particles is possible. The WHO has stated that face masks should be worn and the Department has sent those to GPs....